Legal Opinion
Leverton v. Curtis Pub. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 12, 1951No. 10467PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the extent of the right of privacy. Plaintiff had a judgment in. the District Court. The defendant challenges both her right to recover and the amount awarded to her by the jury verdict.
The facts are simple and almost undisputed. The plaintiff in 1947, when she was-a child of ten, was involved in a street accident in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. A motor car nearly ran over her. A newspaper photographer who happened to be on the spot took a photograph of the child being lifted to her feet by a woman bystander. The picture was dramatic and its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Hartmann v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Sidis v. FR Pub. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- Smith v. DossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Lahiri v. Daily Mirror, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Time, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crump v. Beckley Newspapers, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1971
- Albert Ettore v. Philco Television Broadcasting Corporation, Clayton, Inc. & Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, ConsolidatedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Brauer v. Globe Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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